Clause 23

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Commissioner may constitute an Inquiry Committee and refer a complaint or information to the Committee to investigate —

if he receives any written complaint against or any written information about the conduct of a fire safety engineer as a peer reviewer or otherwise, or the discharge of his duties as a fire safety engineer or peer reviewer; or

on his own motion, if the Commissioner reasonably suspects that there may be grounds for disciplinary action against the fire safety engineer.”;

by deleting the words “Investigation Committee” wherever they appear in subsections (2) to (8) and substituting in each case the words “Inquiry Committee”;

by deleting the words “Discipline Panel” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Inquiry Panel”;

by deleting the word “investigation” wherever it appears in subsections (3)(a), (4) and (6) and substituting in each case the word “inquiry”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) The Commissioner may, for the purposes of exercising his powers under section 22C(1) in respect of a fire safety engineer, consider the findings and recommendations of any Inquiry Committee constituted to investigate any complaint against or information about that fire safety engineer.”;

by deleting the words “and any regulations made thereunder” in subsection (8);

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) References in this Act or any other written law to an Inquiry Committee constituted under this section shall include references to an Investigation Committee constituted under this section before the date of commencement of section 23 of the Fire Safety (Amendment) Act 2013.”; and

by deleting the word “Investigation” in the section heading and substituting the word “Inquiry”.